Which to use
“vinculadas” is a participle and “vinculado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,505
- “vinculadas” frequency rank
- #8,453
- “vinculado” frequency rank
- 20958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vinculadas | vinculado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de vinculado, participio de vincular o de vincularse. | Participio de vincular. |
Where the eye mixes vinculadas and vinculado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. vinculadas runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against vinculado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses vinculadas with vinculado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vinculadas is [bĩŋkuˈlað̞as] while vinculado is [bĩŋkuˈlað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vinculadas is recorded at frequency rank #12,505, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bĩŋkuˈlað̞as]. vinculado is at rank #8,453, tagged as averb, pronounced [bĩŋkuˈlað̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 20958, this pair ranks #257,016 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vinculadas vs vinculado
Shared letters: acdilnuv. Private to "vinculadas": s. Private to "vinculado": o.
"vinculadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "vinculado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vinculadas ← binculadas · ivnculadas · vicnuladas · vincculadas · vincluadas · vincualdas · vinculaads · vinculadass
- vinculado ← binculado · ivnculado · vicnulado · vincculado · vincluado · vincualdo · vinculaddo · vinculaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vinculadas" for "vinculado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vinculadas" vs "vinculado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vinculadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vinculado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,016 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vinculadas" and "vinculado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vinculado vs vinculan". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #257,016 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.